Not enough military staff to fight PTSD: ombudsman
OTTAWA – Canada’s military ombudsman says National Defence has not hired enough psychiatrists and other mental-health professionals to deal with a tide of post-traumatic stress cases that is hitting...
View ArticleMacKay defends Canadian troops involved in allied Afghan combat posts
OTTAWA – For the second day in row, Defence Minister Peter MacKay fended off Opposition attacks Tuesday over Canadian troops serving in combat roles with allies in Afghanistan. Fewer than half a dozen...
View ArticleCanadian military losing as much ‘teeth’ as ‘tail’ in budget cuts: expert
OTTAWA – Money being cut from National Defence will inevitably slice into the Canadian military’s ability to carry out sustained missions at home and abroad, a defence expert says. A new set of...
View ArticleExpense list shows DND picked up tab for disgraced general’s move
OTTAWA – National Defence paid nearly $40,000 to move a disgraced general to the United Arab Emirates after he was court-martialled for having sex with a subordinate and trying to cover it up, expense...
View ArticleConstruction delays force DND to scramble for Chinook shelter
OTTAWA – National Defence was left scrambling last summer to find shelter for its long-awaited CH-147F Chinook helicopters after construction of a new hangar and flight line at the garrison in...
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More stringent oversight of military intelligence at DND in limbo
Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle. (Andrew Vaughan/CP) OTTAWA – National Defence has been looking at ways to introduce more stringent oversight of its intelligence operations, but “fiscal restraint” may...
View ArticleThe thousand-day Access to Information request
OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal has sent a stern message to government institutions: you can’t just make up any old deadline for responding to requests under the Access to Information Act. And by...
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Cost of Iraq and NATO reassurance missions ‘classified’: DND
President of the Treasury Board Tony Clement . (Patrick Doyle/CP) OTTAWA – Parliament may have approved a year-long extension to the country’s combat mission in Iraq and Syria, but the Harper...
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Four stories in Canada we’re watching
Luke Sharrett for Bloomberg ONTARIO AND QUEBEC ANNOUNCE CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL TODAY The premiers of Ontario and Quebec will ink a cap-and-trade deal to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The deal...
View ArticleDND turns away U.S. trained psychiatrist during staff shortage
OTTAWA – A former U.S. Air Force psychiatrist says he and other foreign-trained professionals could ease the shortage of mental health professionals in the Canadian military, but have been repeatedly...
View ArticleNational Defence delay on torture directive delay suggests internal snags
OTTAWA – The Defence Department has spent four years drafting a directive on foreign information-sharing — an ongoing delay that points to internal difficulties fleshing out a federal policy many have...
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Why Canada’s military risks returning to a decade of darkness
Who would have guessed that, at the time of his most critical decision, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan would be doing a military sample of the 1976 Genesis prog-rock song, Ripples? “If we want to...
View ArticleDefence spending expected to fall despite Liberal promise to keep up with Tories
OTTAWA – The upcoming federal budget is not expected to commit to a broad increase in military spending, say several defence sources. In fact, newly tabled fiscal planning documents suggest overall...
View ArticleDND owes the federal treasury $147M for unauthorized expenses
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government has ordered National Defence to repay more than $147 million in unauthorized expenses incurred by members of the military over nearly a dozen years, The Canadian Press...
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Meet the world’s first female combat general
Col. Jennie Carignan at the Canadian Armed Forces College in Toronto. (Photograph by Finn O’Hara) If Col. Jennie Carignan hadn’t become a combat officer—if she hadn’t served in the Middle East, Bosnia...
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Lockheed Martin wants F-35 in competition for jet contract
In this July 7, 2006 file photo, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown after it was unveiled in a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. The company building the F-35 fighter jet says all it...
View ArticleNo personal info stolen in recruiting website attack: National Defence
OTTAWA – National Defence says it does not appear any personal data was stolen when the military’s recruiting website was attacked this week, though it wouldn’t say when the site will be fixed. Users...
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This behaviour has to stop: Top soldier on sexual assaults
Canadian military vehicles line up for a convoy during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE at Wainwright, Alberta on June 1, 2016. (Master Corporal Precious Carandang/4th Canadian Division Public Affairs) OTTAWA —...
View ArticleCanadian defence officials cut costs to save money for missions
OTTAWA – Senior defence officials have ordered a curb on non-essential activities across the department, The Canadian Press has learned, as they look to free up millions of dollars for military...
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Ombudsman accuses National Defence of ‘insidious’ attacks
Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan speaks to reporters during the Halifax International Security Forum, in Halifax, N.S., on Friday, November 18, 2016. (Darren Calabrese/CP) OTTAWA — Canada’s...
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